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Stay Tuned ...
Yes, things have been quiet since the Texas shows in March, but we are working on new material ... schedule isn't finalized yet, but keep your ears peeled for new music late this year or early next ...]]>
Thu, 13 Sep 2018 19:31:35 -0500http://thevalerytrails.com/home/blog/stay-tuned
http://thevalerytrails.com/home/blog/stay-tunedThe Valery TrailsThe Valery Trails First Ever US Shows!
Announcing ... the first ever US shows by The Valery Trails - an exclusive (i.e. there ain't that many of them) run of shows in Houston and Austin in March, coinciding with SXSW.

Stay tuned for more details, set times, facebook events to RSVP to and (hopefully) more show announcements!

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Fri, 09 Feb 2018 09:57:46 -0600http://thevalerytrails.com/home/blog/the-valery-trails-first-ever-us-shows
http://thevalerytrails.com/home/blog/the-valery-trails-first-ever-us-showsThe Valery TrailsQuiet times
Things are quiet at the moment in VTrails-land, with life and other projects intervening most inconveniently. However, there has been a start made on some new tunes and vague plans are afoot, so watch this space ...]]>
Sun, 15 Oct 2017 14:49:38 -0500http://thevalerytrails.com/home/blog/quiet-times
http://thevalerytrails.com/home/blog/quiet-timesThe Valery TrailsSXSW 2017
The Coconut Kids, The Elliotts and Beth Brown, then headed to Austin to play at Dart Music International's annual day party, sharing the stage with a bunch of great bands from Austin and around the world, including The Band of Heathens and Sarah Shook & the Disarmers.

So what's next? Writing some tunes, watch this space for news of new material, hopefully by the end of the year ...

Follow us on Facebook for the latest news as we get closer to release day.]]>
Wed, 01 Jun 2016 21:51:41 -0500http://thevalerytrails.com/home/blog/new-music
http://thevalerytrails.com/home/blog/new-music4:12The Valery TrailsLive shows!

Thanks to the good folks of Brisbane, Nambour and Toowoomba (and those who came from further afield), it was great to meet you and make some noise for you. People of the US, hopefully we can bring some live VTrails action to your shores at some stage. People of other nations - honestly, it's going to be a bit tricky to get to you, but let us know if you have any ideas.

In honour of the inaugural live shows, we released a single - In Your Heart (from Buffalo Speedway), complete with two previously unreleased "B-sides". You can download it at our Bandcamp page: In Your Heart

Also check out the video, where we break our longstanding "no band members in music videos" policy:

Last but not least, work is well away on album number three, watch this space for further developments.

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Fri, 02 Jan 2015 12:58:23 -0600http://thevalerytrails.com/home/blog/happy-new-year
http://thevalerytrails.com/home/blog/happy-new-yearThe Valery TrailsAndrew on Sound Awake
Sound Awake on KPFT, chatting about the album and playing an acoustic version of Starsong. You can press play below to hear (skip forward to just after 13:00 to hear Starsong).

Peace and Love,Andrew]]>
Fri, 02 May 2014 13:00:14 -0500http://thevalerytrails.com/home/blog/andrew-on-sound-awake
http://thevalerytrails.com/home/blog/andrew-on-sound-awake29:58The Valery TrailsRelease Day!The very best place to buy your copy of our brand new album Buffalo Speedway is right here on this website - for digital go to the "Music" page, for luscious, lovely, warm vinyl or for CD go to the "Store" page. Maybe you'll get a hand-written thank-you note, or a couple of stickers (if I can remember where I stashed them) with your order ...

If you'd prefer to make your selection form your favourite online marketplace, the album is available from all the usual suspects, here are some handy dandy links:

You can try before you buy on the "Music" page, and you can see what the reviewers are saying about the album on the "Press" page.

Happy shopping!

Cheers,Andrew]]>
Mon, 28 Apr 2014 19:27:25 -0500http://thevalerytrails.com/home/blog/release-day
http://thevalerytrails.com/home/blog/release-dayThe Valery TrailsDown Under SoundsAs usual, it was a great night, also featuring Mia Dyson, Money For Rope and Anne McCue. The venue was the fabulous Continental Club, sister to the famous Austin venue and pretty much my favourite venue in Houston.

On the afternoon of the show, Mia and I went to radio KPFT to perform and chat with the King of Grief, Jeffrey Thames on his show Sound Awake. Jeffrey has been a great supporter of Down Under Sounds, and Australian music over the years and we had a great time catching up with him. If you press play on the audio widget thingy add the bottom of this post you can check out the acoustic version of In the Sun from Ghosts and Gravity that I did on the show.

As always, please press the button of your choice on the front page of the site to stay up to date with all the news, which will be ramping up over the next month leading up to the release date of Buffalo Speedway, which will be available in pretty much any digital or physical format that you may desire (sorry, no 8-track, but if any of you hipsters out there are interested in a custom cassette edition, hit us up via e-mail - we have the technology).

Next week sees a very rare live outing of a few VTrails tunes as Andrew does a solo set to kick off the fifth annual Down Under Sounds Aussie music showcase in Houston, preceded by an in-studio appearance on Sound Awake on KPFT 90.1.

Once the SXSW hangover has worn off, you'll be hearing more from us, leading up to the Buffalo Speedway album release in April. Follow us on Twitter and Facebook to keep up with all the action.